Where you are getting confused is that government has granted monopoly to these industries which is one of the reasons they are so profitable. Why should those things make so much money to begin with? Did you ever wonder why movies are made in California when at the time most of the entertainment industry was in NYC? Because Edison held the patent on the motion picture and held tight control over the content. But some people wanted to make more exciting pictures that Edison wouldn't allow. So they moved to California where they were pretty much outside of the law. So Hollywood exists where it does in order to defeat Edison patents. All of the big studios you know to day were apart of that.
There is opportunity to make money without IP but you have to control your product. Musicians would get paid to perform live. TV shows still make money. Movies would have to make their money in the Box Office where they have control over the product. If they wanted to release it outside of theaters they would have to charge a low enough fee so people would pay for it like iTunes.
The problem is that "intellectual property" is not property and should not be afforded any property rights protections. It seems this government is much more interesting in protecting IP rights than real property rights. They don't have a problem going all over the world punishing people for violating drug patent rights but at the same time violating the real property rights of the people in New London to steal their real property and transfer it to Pfizer.
The basic reason there are property rights is because property is scarce. If you take my car I don't have a car. Simple. The concept of IP is so confusing for so many people is because IP is not scarce. I can have an idea and share it and yet I don't lose the idea. Also the enforcement of IP rights always violates people's real property rights. The laws punishes me for using my computer (real property) for copying someones IP. So to enforce this it means the person with the IP owns some part of me and my computer to prevent me from using it.
The IP laws have to go the way of slavery. Companies and people have to compete in the marketplace with real products not imaginary ones.
The way the seats were deep bucket seats and at the end of the night we would look under all of the seat pads and would find about $40 daily in change in the three trains. We would divide it up among the 8 people working the ride and it was enough to buy some drinks and snacks.
I work for the government and every once in a while my boss says I should try to patent it. I always refuse because my paycheck comes from the taxpayers so it should be freely available. I have never been able to find if there is an easy way to release my designs in an open way. I don't think the lawyers want to deal with it.
On 9/11 the only thing the terrorists had were boxcutters. You could sneak a sharpened glass or ceramic knife today to do the same damage. The reason 9/11 was possible is because the FAA policies trained flight crews to submit to the terrorists demands. I'm sure the flight crews that weren't killed were helping the terrorists herd the passengers into the back telling everyone it will be alright against everyone's natural instincts. It wasn't until people on the last flight found out what was going did they do something about it.
To prevent another 9/11 all you need to do is. Reinforce the cockpit doors. Arm the pilots if they want. Keep the metal detectors. Work on explosive sniffing tech.
Then anything that got by the passengers would take care as a means of self preservation which we have seen over and over again.
Here is why I disagree. The US Constitution is about 10 pages and a pretty easy read. I don't need a judge to tell me what it means. Here is the critical part. I will always take the side of liberty. So if a judge rules that the government has more power than Constitution says I'd side with the Constitution.
Well I'm a federal employee too and I had to take this little oath.
"I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
I like to look at things from a practical matter. The goal of a terrorist is to use shocking violence to get political changes. Now if the TSA sets up checkpoints before entering a transit system you will have a group of people waiting to be checked. This group becomes another target. So what are you going to do have another checkpoint before that checkpoint?
I may sound crazy but it would be useful to actually listen to the 9/11 terrorists and see what they are complaining about. Here is a hint. It isn't your freedom.
I work for the federal government so I have some experience with this. Usually Congress just writes an bill to fund and give general guidelines. The implementation is up to the bureaucratics in the executive branch. So he couldn't eliminate the TSA but he could do the following.
Put the head of the ACLU in charge of the TSA. He could also make it a priority to prosecute abuses by TSA officials as a high priority of the FBI. He could publicly state that he will pardon anyone that is prosecuted for standing up for their civil right.
You are under the wrongful assumption that Paul voters would vote for any other Republican. That is most likely not the case. If he didn't run 3rd party they would either stay home or more likely for for Johnson.
Well maybe a small mom and pop company might have the government come down on them. But that's why bigger businesses hire lobbyists. I haven't seen too many bank executives that took trillions in bailout money begging for change. Actually they got huge bonuses that year.
So the banks that create money from nothing care where it goes? Right that is why they had such strict lending standards for mortgages. Oh wait that never happened.
Why is there such a thing as prescription drugs anyway? It was laws that doctors got passed to give themselves a cartel. You can't get the medicine you need unless you pay tribute to a doctor. Nice scam.
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Where you are getting confused is that government has granted monopoly to these industries which is one of the reasons they are so profitable. Why should those things make so much money to begin with? Did you ever wonder why movies are made in California when at the time most of the entertainment industry was in NYC? Because Edison held the patent on the motion picture and held tight control over the content. But some people wanted to make more exciting pictures that Edison wouldn't allow. So they moved to California where they were pretty much outside of the law. So Hollywood exists where it does in order to defeat Edison patents. All of the big studios you know to day were apart of that.
There is opportunity to make money without IP but you have to control your product. Musicians would get paid to perform live. TV shows still make money. Movies would have to make their money in the Box Office where they have control over the product. If they wanted to release it outside of theaters they would have to charge a low enough fee so people would pay for it like iTunes.
The problem is that "intellectual property" is not property and should not be afforded any property rights protections. It seems this government is much more interesting in protecting IP rights than real property rights. They don't have a problem going all over the world punishing people for violating drug patent rights but at the same time violating the real property rights of the people in New London to steal their real property and transfer it to Pfizer.
The basic reason there are property rights is because property is scarce. If you take my car I don't have a car. Simple. The concept of IP is so confusing for so many people is because IP is not scarce. I can have an idea and share it and yet I don't lose the idea. Also the enforcement of IP rights always violates people's real property rights. The laws punishes me for using my computer (real property) for copying someones IP. So to enforce this it means the person with the IP owns some part of me and my computer to prevent me from using it.
The IP laws have to go the way of slavery. Companies and people have to compete in the marketplace with real products not imaginary ones.
Most likely because they can't afford a TV and she has to read for entertainment.
Someone ask her who Kim Kardasean is.
As a teenager I worked at Six Flags Great Adventure on the Great American Scream Machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Scream_Machine_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)
The way the seats were deep bucket seats and at the end of the night we would look under all of the seat pads and would find about $40 daily in change in the three trains. We would divide it up among the 8 people working the ride and it was enough to buy some drinks and snacks.
Why not just stop recycling paper and wood products. Just bury them.
I work for the government and every once in a while my boss says I should try to patent it. I always refuse because my paycheck comes from the taxpayers so it should be freely available. I have never been able to find if there is an easy way to release my designs in an open way. I don't think the lawyers want to deal with it.
Especially when you look at the reality.
On 9/11 the only thing the terrorists had were boxcutters. You could sneak a sharpened glass or ceramic knife today to do the same damage. The reason 9/11 was possible is because the FAA policies trained flight crews to submit to the terrorists demands. I'm sure the flight crews that weren't killed were helping the terrorists herd the passengers into the back telling everyone it will be alright against everyone's natural instincts. It wasn't until people on the last flight found out what was going did they do something about it.
To prevent another 9/11 all you need to do is.
Reinforce the cockpit doors.
Arm the pilots if they want.
Keep the metal detectors.
Work on explosive sniffing tech.
Then anything that got by the passengers would take care as a means of self preservation which we have seen over and over again.
That is why you should read slashdot daily.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/20/2212225/tsa-doing-random-truck-searches-on-tennessee-highway
Here is why I disagree. The US Constitution is about 10 pages and a pretty easy read. I don't need a judge to tell me what it means. Here is the critical part. I will always take the side of liberty. So if a judge rules that the government has more power than Constitution says I'd side with the Constitution.
Dred Scott anyone?
Well most of the public is against these scanners an don't expect to have to strip or the electronic equivalent to board an airplane.
And just wanting to fly isn't a suspicious activity. What next walking down the street while black?
I do agree though with your solution. I have not flown and refuse to do so since the TSA was created.
Yes it would be Karma if the people using X-ray scanners to irradiate people against the 4th amendment got high dosages of radiation.
That way my point. Your oath to support and defend the Constitution should prohibit you from following orders for illegal searches.
So they are just obeying orders?
Well I'm a federal employee too and I had to take this little oath.
"I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
One could only hope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
I like to look at things from a practical matter. The goal of a terrorist is to use shocking violence to get political changes. Now if the TSA sets up checkpoints before entering a transit system you will have a group of people waiting to be checked. This group becomes another target. So what are you going to do have another checkpoint before that checkpoint?
I may sound crazy but it would be useful to actually listen to the 9/11 terrorists and see what they are complaining about. Here is a hint. It isn't your freedom.
This one works too.
http://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8
I work for the federal government so I have some experience with this. Usually Congress just writes an bill to fund and give general guidelines. The implementation is up to the bureaucratics in the executive branch. So he couldn't eliminate the TSA but he could do the following.
Put the head of the ACLU in charge of the TSA.
He could also make it a priority to prosecute abuses by TSA officials as a high priority of the FBI.
He could publicly state that he will pardon anyone that is prosecuted for standing up for their civil right.
That's a start.
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't they need a warrant for the search. Tell them you are willing to wait until they obtain one.
You are under the wrongful assumption that Paul voters would vote for any other Republican. That is most likely not the case. If he didn't run 3rd party they would either stay home or more likely for for Johnson.
Still have my Virtual Boy.
Could be why all of those displays in Best Buy have the glasses not just tethered but locked into a position.
Well maybe a small mom and pop company might have the government come down on them. But that's why bigger businesses hire lobbyists. I haven't seen too many bank executives that took trillions in bailout money begging for change. Actually they got huge bonuses that year.
So the banks that create money from nothing care where it goes? Right that is why they had such strict lending standards for mortgages. Oh wait that never happened.
Why is there such a thing as prescription drugs anyway? It was laws that doctors got passed to give themselves a cartel. You can't get the medicine you need unless you pay tribute to a doctor. Nice scam.
I just got a ad today from a Satellite internet company. Also now 4G is pretty fast.
Well what is a contract? It's an agreement between consenting people. Why should law trump that?